Engineering engagements
Backend engineering for systems that have to be right.
Alongside our own products, we take on backend engineering and technical consulting work, bringing the same rigour we apply to our own platforms to your systems.
Project-based, retainer, or a single focused consult. Remote, worldwide.
10+ years
Backend code in European fintech production environments.
Open source
We publish and maintain a BSD-3 Django library used in production.
In production
We run the platforms we build, so we live with our own decisions.
Direct
You talk to the engineer doing the work, not an account manager.
All of that is checkable: django-email-learning is public under BSD-3, Inbox Academy is the platform we run on top of it, and our story covers how AvaCode got here.
What we offer
Hands-on backend engineering
Six things we are asked for most often. Engagements usually combine a few of them.
Django & Python development
Feature work, services, and backend rebuilds in the framework we have shipped production code in for over a decade.
API design & integration
Interfaces other teams can build against: predictable contracts, sane errors, versioning that does not break callers.
Database & data modelling
Schemas that hold up as the product changes, plus the migrations, indexing, and query work to keep them fast.
Cloud & data migration
Moving systems and their data onto new infrastructure or a new schema, with a migration path that can be rehearsed, verified, and rolled back.
AI tooling & MCP servers
Custom MCP servers and integrations that let an AI assistant read from and act on your own systems, safely and with an audit trail.
Refactoring & maintainability
Untangling the parts of a codebase everyone avoids: bug fixes, test coverage, and code the next engineer can read.
Domains we know well:
Fintech & payments EdTech & learning platforms Email & messaging infrastructure Internal tools & automationAI tooling
Connect an AI assistant to your actual systems.
We build custom integrations and MCP servers that connect AI language models to your internal systems, APIs, and workflows. In practice, that means your team can ask an AI to pull data from your systems, update records, or run reports without switching tools.
Scoped access, so an assistant can only reach what you allow it to reach.
Built on your existing APIs and permissions rather than a parallel back door.
Works with the assistants your team already uses, including Claude and Copilot.
The assistant never talks to your data directly. Everything goes through a service we write, review, and hand over to you.
Who it's for
Teams that need extra backend hands
Scale-ups
You need an experienced Django/Python engineer to build out features, integrations, or backend services without pulling your existing team off their roadmap.
Startups
You are building your first serious system, one that needs to be correct, secure, and maintainable from day one, not just shipped fast.
Established companies
You need a reliable pair of hands on a specific backend project or integration, without committing to a full-time hire to get it done.
Solo operators & creators
You do not need an engineering team, just a custom tool that automates your workflow, connects your platforms, or gives your audience something unique. Typically days rather than months, with AI-assisted development keeping costs down.
In their words
What it's like to work with us
Over the past few years, AvaCode has been a trusted partner in keeping our online presence secure, up to date, and effective. We particularly value their responsive approach and ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
Their work has included migrating our website from a single-instance deployment to Google Cloud Run, providing us with a more scalable and cost-effective GCP infrastructure. They have also modernised and upgraded our website's Django infrastructure and carried out significant frontend development to improve the platform.
AvaCode consistently combines strong technical expertise with reliability and excellent service. It is a privilege to have them by our side, and the quality of their service is truly second to none. We would highly recommend them to any organisation looking for a dependable and highly capable web development partner.
Azadeh Parsapour
Managing Director, Nikaan House · Nogaam project
How we work
Engagement types
Project-based
A defined scope, a backend rebuild, an API, an integration delivered end to end with a clear timeline.
Part-time retainer
Ongoing backend development on a recurring basis, for teams that need extra hands without a full-time hire.
Technical consulting
Focused help on a specific backend question, bug, or integration. Short engagements scoped to a clear deliverable.
What happens after you get in touch
Step one
A conversation
A call about the problem, your stack, and what "done" looks like. No pitch deck.
Step two
A written scope
What we would build, in what order, and what it costs, so there are no surprises later.
Step three
A first slice
We start with a piece small enough to judge on its own, so you see the work before committing further.
Questions
Before you reach out
Can you work inside our existing codebase?
Yes, and it is most of what we do. We are as comfortable picking up an established Django project, reading its history, and working to its conventions as we are starting something new. Working in code written by other people is the normal case, not the exception.
What is an MCP server, and why would we want one?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard for connecting AI assistants to external systems. An MCP server is the small service that exposes your data and actions to an assistant in a controlled way, so your team can ask it to look something up, update a record, or run a report against your real systems, rather than pasting context in by hand.
Which time zones do you work across?
We are based in Dubai (UTC+4), which gives us a full working overlap with European and UK teams, and an afternoon overlap with the US east coast morning. Engagements run remotely.
How do engagements usually start?
With a conversation about the problem rather than a proposal document. If it looks like a fit, we scope a first piece of work small enough to be judged on its own, so you can see how we work before committing to anything longer.
Can you take on a fixed-scope project rather than ongoing work?
Yes. Project-based, part-time retainer, and short consulting engagements are all normal for us. See the engagement types above for how each one runs.
Let's talk about your engineering needs
Tell us a bit about what you're building or who you're looking for, and we'll get back to you. It goes straight to the engineer who would do the work.
Send us a message
Tell us about your project, and we'll get back to you.